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Although the likelihood of the Lakers facing the San Antonio Spurs in the playoffs' first round is lessening, the teams will play for the final time this season Thursday night at Staples Center. The Lakers got a big confidence-builder for their season with a March 10 victory at AT&T Center, 100-92.

Kobe Bryant scored 29 points in that game, despite the strong defense of San Antonio's Bruce Bowen. But it was the Lakers' defense that ruled the game, holding San Antonio to 13 second-quarter points.

Interestingly, San Antonio's Tim Duncan hasn't led his team in scoring in any of the three meetings between the Lakers and Spurs this season. The Lakers last beat the Spurs at Staples Center in a regular-season game on Nov. 28, 2003.

REPLAY
The Lakers beat the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, 105-94, on Sunday night at Staples Center. The victory dropped the Hornets four games back of the Lakers and gave the Lakers' playoff hopes a significant boost.

Lakers center Kwame Brown gave the Lakers a fourth consecutive productive game, and that went a long way to giving the Lakers their fourth consecutive victory. Brown had 17 points on 7-of-7 shooting, plus six rebounds, in 38 minutes.

Brown was playing despite a strained left hamstring and got his nose bloodied twice on drives to the hoop. Kobe Bryant led the Lakers with 30 points on 10-of-19 shooting.

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June 26, 2009 5:02 pm
Phase two of the offseason begins Wednesday July 1st in the form of free agency.  While the Lakers priority is obviously resigning Trevor Ariza, Lamar Odom, and ...(more)
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July 7, 2009 3:15 am

“Instead of chasing after bigger Bucks elsewhere, Brown agreed to re-sign with the Lakers for $4.2 million over two seasons.”

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June 27, 2009 10:23 am
Alot of teams have made a fury of moves to improve their teams to challenge the Lakers next year and alot of fans are becoming skeptcal that the lakers can repeat but i have to be honest i really dont see the reason to panic.  I mean, obviously if the lakers do not re-sign both ariza and odom i see the reason to worry but with the move ...(more)
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June 29, 2009 11:48 am
I was watching ESPN First Take today and according to skip bayless the Spurs will win the west and there will be no contest to that.  I swear i dont know what it is with these sports writers and their man crushes on Tim Duncan, popovich and the spurs.  Every year sk ...(more)
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July 4, 2009 12:07 am
Well this thread is about comparing Trevor Ariza potential versus Ron Artest now.

I put Ariza as potential because obviously the better player now is Artest.

So lets compare each player on the defensive and offensive gam
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July 8, 2009 11:57 am
OK It's July 8th and I came to this site hoping to confirm that Lamar Odom has re-signed with the Lakers but not a hint of what's to come.  As for Ron Ron he is On On!  It's official for both Ron Artest and Shannon Brown they are both Lakers.  I have heard of the proposed deals but would be interested in hearing the final det ...(more)
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July 8, 2009 11:42 am
OK, I like Ron Artest, but I'm not sure I like him that much!  The contract he signed just last night was, according to Ken Berger anyway, for five years with an early termination option after the fourth year.  That's a much bigger deal than I thought he was being signed to.

#37 refers to the number of consecutive weeks Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album charted
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July 4, 2009 9:39 am
Now that all the details have come out we find out that Ariza really didnt wanna leave LA and LA didnt want Ariza to leave. It comes down to David Lee caring more about his percentage than his clients best interest. This kid went to highschool, college in Cali and was now was living his dream as a Los Angelos Laker. First of ...(more)
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July 5, 2009 3:51 am
Blazer fan here. Born in L.A. and moved to Portland at a very young age. I'm a lifelong Dodger fan, but unfortunately Portland had to have an NBA team otherwise I would have been a Laker fan too. It figures that the one L.A. team I get stuck with are the underachieving Dodgers. How I wish I was a Laker fan! The team I hate the most is the team I most wish I was a fan of.

After yet
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July 6, 2009 6:56 pm
I know that the chances of Lamar Odom leaving the Lakers are really slim. Especially since they just signed his longtime friend Ron Artest ....but the Blazers are said to be sniffing around and they do ha ...(more)
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July 8, 2009 11:18 pm
All the pieces are in place except one.  Ok maybe the PG situation needs to be addressed but i have faith in our young point guards Farmar and Brown.  Lamar Odon needs to be signed. Period.  I realize the Lakers will have to spend dollar for dollar in luxury cap space, but please dont tell me a championship organization can't ...(more)
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July 3, 2009 12:55 am
First of let me say what a great season the Lakers had proving they had the toughness to compete and win a title. There is no doubt in my mind that they are posed to win another couple champions in the upcoming years ahead.....here the problem I'm facing..

Trevor
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July 8, 2009 1:56 pm
Now that we got Artest, will we have any locker room problems? I think that if we keep Odom there wont be because they both use to play together when they were younger and there probably freinds, so Odom, a leader probably will be able to keep Artest under control if he has a problem. But now the question is will we keep Odom, and if we dont who will we get? We also could have just came ...(more)
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July 7, 2009 1:04 pm
LeBron James reportedly told Trevor Ariza, who is currently supposed to sign a contract with the Rockets, that he will be staying in Cleveland.

The
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July 10, 2009 2:21 pm

Either Fisher,Farmar, or Brown at the point, Kobe at the 2, Ron at sf, and gasol and a healthy bynum. Not being biased at all but that is the best starting five in the nba imo with the best offensive player in Kobe AND the best defensive player in Artest. Not to mention possibly Odom and the others coming off the bench. If things go as planned, I feel REAL confident for next ...(more)

 
 
 
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